Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Latin America / Argentina Real Estate Industry Report
Construction contributes around 5% of Argentina's GDP, a percentage that is set to increase only marginally in future. But the construction segment holds promise, despite 2011's growth figure coming ... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Asia / Australia Real Estate Industry Report
National Australia Bank’s commercial property survey for Q3 2011 described the short- term outlook for retail property as subdued and forecast to remain negative through much of 2012, although the in... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Middle East / Bahrain Real Estate Industry Report
The commercial real estate market in Bahrain continues to suffer the fallout from the global financial crisis and unrest that swept through the country in early 2011. It has been one of the slowest G... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Bosnia-Herzegovina Real Estate Industry Report
Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH) officially came out of its recession towards the end of 2010. The impetus came largely from strong growth in demand from the country's main trading neighbours, most of whic... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Latin America / Brazil Real Estate Industry Report
The Brazilian economy continues to enjoy growth in spite of global economic headwinds. However, the downside risks are growing and many analysts are becoming increasingly bearish towards the emerging... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Bulgaria Real Estate Industry Report
Real GDP flash estimates released by statistics agencies across Central and South Eastern European countries largely confirm our expectations for a general slowdown in economic activity across emergi... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Chile Real Estate Industry Report
Chile's real estate market is continuing its buoyancy from 2010 and 2011. Despite new supply, absorption rates are generally holding up across the board. Increasing demand and supply is the general t... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Asia / China Real Estate Industry Report
Continued efforts to cool the residential sector will affect all real estate activity in coming months, with stalled prices now hoped to begin their decrease. Cooling residential demand and governmen... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Croatia Real Estate Industry Report
The centre-left coalition government formed on December 4 is faced with a rough year and tough decisions. Exposure to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis is impacting export demand and will also mani... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Europe / Czech Republic Real Estate Industry Report
There are signs of healthy recovery in the Czech Republic's real estate market after our 2011 full year data collection, mainly because of a large increase in investment in new projects, strong renta... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Africa / Egypt Real Estate Industry Report
The Egypt Real Estate report examines the Commercial Office, Retail and Industrial segments in the context of a market, which in spite of its long-term potential, continues to be susceptible to insta... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Europe / France Real Estate Industry Report
France's business environment remains among the best in the world. This is underpinned by a welleducated and highly skilled workforce, strong institutions and advanced transport and communications i... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Europe / Germany Real Estate Industry Report
The high level of exposure to the ongoing eurozone debt crisis suggests a more challenging economic outlook for Germany. However, barring another major recession as seen in 2009 (not our core scenari... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Europe / Greece Real Estate Industry Report
The Greek government has overcome a number of key obstacles in recent weeks that have averted a potentially disastrous and disorderly default. Despite pulling back from the brink, enormous political ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Asia / Hong Kong Real Estate Industry Report
According to our most recent round of in-country interviews, which were conducted in December 2011, rents in Hong Kong could see a subdued 2012 in all commercial sub-sectors with an overall decline i... Read More
Pub date: 12 Apr 2012 Europe / Hungary Real Estate Industry Report
Hungary's real estate market, like so many others, was seriously damaged by the global financial crisis. An uptick in demand for office and retail space, as well as industrial property will only aris... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / India Real Estate Industry Report
In late 2011, BMI conducted its latest round of interviews with in-country sources on India's commercial real estate sector. The outlook is subdued for 2012, although our sources do predict very slow... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Asia / Indonesia Real Estate Industry Report
Indonesia has a surging economy, growing urbanisation, relative political stability and strong savings and income growth. Consumer spending is growing, particularly from increasingly affluent section... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Middle East / Israel Real Estate Industry Report
BMI is optimistic about the prospects for Israel's commercial real estate sector over the next five years: In general, demand is growing, leading to high occupancy rates and increasing rents. Th... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Asia / Japan Real Estate Industry Report
Although Japan's commercial real estate market was surprisingly resilient in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in March, our Q212 update is showing that there has been a drop in rents, particula... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Middle East / Kuwait Real Estate Industry Report
The outlook for Kuwait's real estate sector remains positive. The market is recovering, backed by increased government spending and robust economic growth. The most recent full year data from 2011 c... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / Malaysia Real Estate Industry Report
Since our last update, reports on Malaysia's real estate sector remain stable, suggesting the country is performing well compared to its regional peers, and even larger markets like the US. Our lates... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Latin America / Mexico Real Estate Industry Report
In our most recent round of in-country interviews, conducted in December 2011, commercial rental growth in Mexico had been fairly stagnant, particularly in the office and retail sub-sectors. Industri... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Asia / Pakistan Real Estate Industry Report
Despite having a vast and rapidly expanding population, as well as noticeably improving infrastructure, demand for commercial real estate in Pakistan is stagnant, largely as a result of the country's... Read More
Pub date: 04 May 2012 Latin America / Peru Real Estate Industry Report
BMI View: The outlook for Peru's property market is positive, underpinned by strong economic growth and rising domestic consumption and low unemployment. Construction activity dipped in mid-2011 but ... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Asia / Philippines Real Estate Industry Report
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III announced a PHP72.1bn (US$1.7bn) stimulus package in October aimed at protecting jobs, as the economy had thus far failed to meet growth expectations in 2011. ... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Poland Real Estate Industry Report
Poland is one of few major economies in Europe to have escaped recession, although it is vulnerable to any downturn in the neighbouring eurozone. Economic growth is, notwithstanding, expected to cont... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Middle East / Qatar Real Estate Industry Report
BMI's Qatar real estate report examines growth opportunities and risks in this fast-growing Gulf market. Our 2012 forecasts see a 5-10% rise in rents in the office, retail and industrial rental segme... Read More
Pub date: 30 Mar 2012 Europe / Romania Real Estate Industry Report
After two years of tough austerity, we are expecting a loosening of fiscal policy in 2012. In addition a recent improvement in the labour market (unemployment has dropped from 8.4% in March 2010 to 4... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Russia Real Estate Industry Report
The long-awaited release of Russia's GDP by expenditure breakdown for Q211 has confirmed our longheld concerns over the state of the economy, as Russian households kept their purse strings tight amid... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Middle East / Saudi Arabia Real Estate Industry Report
The Saudi Arabia Real Estate report examines the Commercial Office, Retail and Industrial segments throughout the Kingdom in the context of our bullish outlook for the economy and buoyant constructio... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / Singapore Real Estate Industry Report
The Singapore Real Estate report examines the Commercial Office, Retail and Industrial segments in the context of an increasingly volatile macroeconomic landscape, which is underscoring the increasin... Read More
Pub date: 04 Apr 2012 Europe / Slovakia Real Estate Industry Report
Slovakia has undergone a slow process of recovery and the country's heavy dependence on external factors for its economic growth presents a key downside risk to forecasts. Indeed, a significant slowd... Read More
Pub date: 02 Mar 2012 Africa / South Africa Real Estate Industry Report
As anticipated, South Africa's construction industry is experiencing a protracted lull, following years of double-digit growth. This will continue to hit domestic construction companies hard, with th... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Asia / South Korea Real Estate Industry Report
The South Korean real estate sector is back under the spotlight, and is likely to remain so for some time to come. The nation's successful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics will see a renewed focus on... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Asia / Taiwan Real Estate Industry Report
Taiwan is particularly susceptible to a global economic slowdown through external demand dynamics. Our outlook on Taiwan's main trading partners - China, the US and Japan - is already subdued in the ... Read More
Pub date: 24 Feb 2012 Asia / Thailand Real Estate Industry Report
Thailand is currently suffering from the worst monsoon floods in at least 50 years. The effect of the floods will be long-lasting and could greatly alter the picture we currently have of the real est... Read More
Pub date: 16 Mar 2012 Europe / Turkey Real Estate Industry Report
Turkey's real estate market is in a highly advantageous position. While the long-term domestic demand credentials of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies are often heralded, Turkey ma... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 Europe / Ukraine Real Estate Industry Report
After sharp falls in property values following the global financial crisis, Ukraine's property sector began to recover in 2010. This momentum is expected to continue through 2011 as consumer spending... Read More
Pub date: 11 May 2012 Middle East / United Arab Emirates Real Estate Industry Report
The UAE Real Estate report examines the Commercial Office, Retail and Industrial segments in the context of an increasingly positive macroeconomic perspective which may bring a silver lining to the ... Read More
Pub date: 25 Apr 2012 Europe / United Kingdom Real Estate Industry Report
There are a variety of factors weighing heavily on the UK's real estate market. The commercial sector is under pressure as a result of the country's economic woes, though it has remained more stable ... Read More
Pub date: 13 Apr 2012 North America / United States Real Estate Industry Report
Despite the bleak horizon outlined in our Q112 report, the US commercial real estate market is exhibiting signs of a recovery, albeit a cautious one. This follows a period of optimism despite the su... Read More
Pub date: 03 Apr 2012 Latin America / Venezuela Real Estate Industry Report
Venezuela's real estate sector is like none other in Latin America. In essence, the government - and, thanks to a variety of populist policies, the public sector - is the key player. For years, the g... Read More
Pub date: 09 Mar 2012 Asia / Vietnam Real Estate Industry Report
Beset by high interest rates, rising inflation, oversupply and government efforts to curb lending, Vietnam's property market is suffering the aftermath of a boom gone bust. While many analysts believ... Read More